If you sponsor a 401(k) plan and/or your firm is a corporation: Return the Employee Contribution Census to the Program. Check, correct and complete the Employee and Contribution Census after receiving it via email from the Program. If you have not previously provided the Program with a participant’s termination or rehire date, or your newly eligible employees, use the census to do so. Census Materials: What Are They Used For? The census materials help the Program gather information it needs…

President’s Day is observed and the Program will be closed in observance of this holiday.

The IRS Form 1099-R is sent to the IRS.

401(k) Plans: Any excess contributions and excess aggregate contributions which resulted from a failure of the annual nondiscrimination tests must be distributed by March 15, or your firm will incur a 10% excise tax on the amount of the excess contributions and excess aggregate contributions which were not timely distributed. If your firm’s plan fails the nondiscrimination tests and needs to distribute excess salary deferral contributions to affected participants, you will need to submit the Corrective Measures for Contributions Form to the Program.…

S-Corporations and Partnerships: 2021 employer contributions for your firm’s plan should be sent to the Program by March 15. If your firm extends its income tax return due date by six months, you will have until September 15 (this statement assumes your corporation’s tax year is a calendar year). Remember that you may have assets in your plan’s forfeiture reserve account that either may be used to offset your contribution or can be reallocated to eligible participants, depending on your election in the…

The self-directed brokerage statements will be distributed. 

401(k) Plans: Necessary participant distributions of excess salary deferrals and their earnings as a result of exceeding salary deferral limits through the end of 2020 must be reported to the Program and paid to the participants by April 15. You will need to submit the Corrective Measures for Contributions Form to do so.  

Sole Proprietors and Corporations: 2021 employer contributions for your firm’s plan should be sent to the Program by April 14. If your firm receives an extension of its income tax return due date, you will have until October 15. Remember that you may have assets in your plan’s forfeiture reserve account that either may be used to offset your contribution or can be reallocated to eligible participants, depending on your election in the plan’s Adoption Agreement. A Contribution Confirmation Report will be…

The Program will be closed in observance of the holiday.